Lieutenant R J Hunting

Well written ts memoir (400pp) recording his service as an officer with the Royal Corps of Signals in Egypt, Palestine and Germany, September 1943 - June 1946, including: his voyage to Port Said on the troopship Reina del Pacifico, September 1943; acclimatisation in Egypt, September 1943 - October 1943; active service as a Signal Master with Ninth Army Signals in the Lebanon and then in Palestine for a large military exercise (CROCODILE) training the 4th Indian and 10th Indian Divisions for their move to Italy; learning Turkish for a proposed military mission to Turkey which did not materialise; modifying and renewing the telegraph lines in the Transjordan, Palestine, and Egypt; commanding the 152nd Line Maintenance Section in Italy and North West Europe, December 1944 - ?June 1945, and the main Communication Centre at Wesel, ?June 1945 - June 1946, when he returned to the UK and was demobilised; and commenting on conditions and life in the desert; relations with Arabs and Jews, including the Arab Legion and various Zionist Groups, New Zealand troops and one of the few Russian units serving in Egypt; an attack on the Police HQ in Jerusalem by the Stern Gang; the conditions in Italy; the devastation in Germany; accepting the surrender of a German parachute regiment; and accidentally driving into the Belsen Concentration Camp; several 'brushes' with groups of Russian displaced persons and assisting in their repatriation to the Soviet Union.

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This typescript copy of Hunting's memoirs entitled, 'War Signals', is an extremely well written account of his period of service as a Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals. Hunting had served as a Non-commissioned Officer in the Signals for three years before spending a year as an Officer Cadet. He was commissioned in July 1943 and his memoirs begin in September 1943 when he was posted to Egypt.